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Alex's Support Forums Tag: windows http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ Alex's Support Forums Tag: windows en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:13:12 +0000 Alex on "One solution when outgoing mail is blocked" http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/one-solution-when-outgoing-mail-is-blocked#post-38 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:34:31 +0000 Alex 38@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ Thanks for this :) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework">SPF</a> is a security measure designed to help prevent spammers sending email from forged addresses. It works by adding a record to your DNS, stating that a server is allowed to send email for that domain. For example, <a href="http://www.campaignmonitor.com">Campaign Monitor</a> recommend that you set up SPF for their server before you send a mailshot. It can be the difference between an email arriving or being deleted by the ISP before it even reaches the user's inbox. A good host will often provide an interface for this, or sort it out for you on request. Propagation of changes to your DNS can take anything from a few hours to days. papyrusdoc on "One solution when outgoing mail is blocked" http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/one-solution-when-outgoing-mail-is-blocked#post-33 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:40:30 +0000 papyrusdoc 33@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ In case anyone else runs into this: I installed SimpleContact on a windows h-sphere server where smtp authentication was required. We discovered that I had to enable SPF ("Sender Policy Framework") and choose pass, for the emails to go out. I was getting the auto response emails, but not the ones with the actual visitor info until this setting was changed. It took a while for this SPF enabled setting to work. Alex on "Setting Permissions" http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/setting-permissions#post-32 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:38:54 +0000 Alex 32@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ [THIS TUTORIAL IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS] simpleContact Pro enables you to export your mailing list to a CSV file. You should set the csv folder to be writable. You will find it inside sc_admin. Note: you do not need to set any other file or folder in simpleContact Pro to be writable. The data can then be written to a file and served to you as a download. If your site is hosted on a Unix server, you can set access permissions on files and folders through your FTP application using a command called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chmod">chmod</a>. *Windows servers do not support chmod*. You may need to consult your hosting provider for the best way to set permissions. If you are unable to make your csv folder writable all is not lost; simpleContact Pro will write the CSV data to your browser window and you can manually paste it into a text file and save it. Here are some instructions for how to chmod by FTP with a selection of applications: Having uploaded simpleContact Pro to your server, select the csv folder on your server, and follow the next steps that refer to the client you are using: On Windows... <a href="http://www.cuteftp.com">CuteFTP</a> by GlobalSCAPE ($39.99 - free trial available) <a href="http://filezilla-project.org">FileZilla</a> (free, licensed under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>) <a href="http://www.smartftp.com">SmartFTP</a> by SmartSoft ($36.95 - free trial available) Terrapin FTP On Mac... <a href="http://cyberduck.ch">Cyberduck</a> (free, licensed under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>) "Get info" on the folder (by pressing command-i or right-clicking and selecting "info" from the menu). Look under "Permissions" in the info panel. If the server allows you to set permissions by FTP the checkboxes will be active. If not, they will be greyed out. Check all the boxes until the setting reads "rwxrwxrwx (777)". Click on "Apply." <a href="http://fetchsoftworks.com">Fetch</a> ($25, trial available) <a href="http://nolobe.com/interarchy">Interarchy</a> ($59, trial available) or <a href="http://www.panic.com/transmit">Transmit</a> ($29.95, trial available) "Get info" on the folder (by pressing command-i or right-clicking and selecting "get info" from the menu). Look under "Permissions" in the info panel. Type 777 in the field (labelled "Octal" in Transmit). Alternatively you could check all the boxes. Click on "Apply."